Steve Kridel
@stevenkridel.bsky.social
Chair, Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, CRTEC, cancer metabolism, fatty acids, mitochondria, and signaling. Acetyl-CoA is THE metabolite. (posts are my own). Dodgers, Lakers, Rams
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TFW you've gone through a painful email domain change across the organization......and leaders still email your old domain address. Because autofill doesn't recognize the new domain as first choice.
August 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
TFW you've gone through a painful email domain change across the organization......and leaders still email your old domain address. Because autofill doesn't recognize the new domain as first choice.
There are some weirdo's in this place. The things you'll find in a stairwell.
August 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There are some weirdo's in this place. The things you'll find in a stairwell.
August 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
An aper-y'all spritz: when an #AperolSpritz is served in a mason jar. Italy meets NC.
July 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
An aper-y'all spritz: when an #AperolSpritz is served in a mason jar. Italy meets NC.
TFW you speak to high school students about modifiable risk factors for #cancer, including smoking, and one of the students parents works for a tobacco company.
July 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
TFW you speak to high school students about modifiable risk factors for #cancer, including smoking, and one of the students parents works for a tobacco company.
When the foam is just right. #cappuccino
June 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
When the foam is just right. #cappuccino
More great work from the Fisher-Wellman group; Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
June 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
More great work from the Fisher-Wellman group; Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Any day a new #undergraduate student starts their summer #research experience with knowing how to do the calculations to make buffers and other reagents is a great day!
May 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Any day a new #undergraduate student starts their summer #research experience with knowing how to do the calculations to make buffers and other reagents is a great day!
Help me convince a faculty colleague they shouldn't attend a conference "organized@ by Innovinc International. I know they are #predatory, but help me convince my colleague. #predatoryjournals #InnovincInternational
May 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Help me convince a faculty colleague they shouldn't attend a conference "organized@ by Innovinc International. I know they are #predatory, but help me convince my colleague. #predatoryjournals #InnovincInternational
What about citizens who just might want to leave?
DHS to pay $1,000 to undocumented immigrants who self-deport
DHS to pay $1,000 to undocumented immigrants who self-deport
May 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
What about citizens who just might want to leave?
DHS to pay $1,000 to undocumented immigrants who self-deport
DHS to pay $1,000 to undocumented immigrants who self-deport
Hot take: Nothing says Cinco de Mayo more than a homemade crunch wrap supreme- a la Taco Bell.
May 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hot take: Nothing says Cinco de Mayo more than a homemade crunch wrap supreme- a la Taco Bell.
#DinsDay is the day to support the #FurmanAdvantage. If you can, please do.
April 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
#DinsDay is the day to support the #FurmanAdvantage. If you can, please do.
He lied
He is lying
He will lie
That is his truth
He is lying
He will lie
That is his truth
April 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
He lied
He is lying
He will lie
That is his truth
He is lying
He will lie
That is his truth
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
In a string of disappointing days, the impact of this may have topped them (so far). I'm not sure which one emoji properly conveys this feeling.
In a string of disappointing days, the impact of this may have topped them (so far). I'm not sure which one emoji properly conveys this feeling.
NOT-OD-25-090: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090. NIH
grants.nih.gov
April 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
In a string of disappointing days, the impact of this may have topped them (so far). I'm not sure which one emoji properly conveys this feeling.
In a string of disappointing days, the impact of this may have topped them (so far). I'm not sure which one emoji properly conveys this feeling.
Someone explain why he continues to be employed.
Shannon Sharpe demands that a 10-minute-long "sex tape" of himself be publicly disclosed, insisting he's the target of a "shakedown" by a woman accusing him of rape in a civil lawsuit.
Shannon Sharpe demands full sex tape at center of assault allegation against him be released
A "30-second clip of a sex tape that tries to make me look guilty" will be released by accuser, the Hall of Fame football great said, demanding that the whole "10 minutes" be shown.
nbcnews.to
April 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Someone explain why he continues to be employed.
The #FurmanAdvantage! Daughter and her besties each won awards in their major today. She won the Faculty Award for Service and Excellence for Art majors at Furman. We also got to see her senior project paintings. Science illustration career, loading.
April 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The #FurmanAdvantage! Daughter and her besties each won awards in their major today. She won the Faculty Award for Service and Excellence for Art majors at Furman. We also got to see her senior project paintings. Science illustration career, loading.
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“Getting your work into a top-tier journal should be secondary to doing top-tier science, because you have little to no control over the former. So just do top-tier science!”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write
www.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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(Continue to) Live your life with a purpose that would make the current administration consider EOs against your purpose.
March 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(Continue to) Live your life with a purpose that would make the current administration consider EOs against your purpose.
I'm considering implementing a Hawaiian 🌺 shirt Friday "policy". Anything to lighten the mood. Will have to see what kind of participation I get and report back. Anyone else out there want to participate?
March 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm considering implementing a Hawaiian 🌺 shirt Friday "policy". Anything to lighten the mood. Will have to see what kind of participation I get and report back. Anyone else out there want to participate?
Celebrate Research! kicks off. William Kaelin, Nobel laureate kicks off the month of highlighting why science should not be attacked, curtailed, or have funding reduced. Great science will be on display at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
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March 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Celebrate Research! kicks off. William Kaelin, Nobel laureate kicks off the month of highlighting why science should not be attacked, curtailed, or have funding reduced. Great science will be on display at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
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I remember the days when POTUS could be trusted to not support Russia and vote with them in the UN.
March 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I remember the days when POTUS could be trusted to not support Russia and vote with them in the UN.
Please urge ALL early career scientists to contact their senators and congressperson!! IT IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT, IT IS VITAL!
Today is the AACR Early-Career Hill Day, and we're calling on early-career scientists, trainees, students, and supporters to contact Congress and ask them to prioritize NIH funding. Now more than ever, it's important to take action: AACR.org/NIH #AACRontheHill #FundNIH
February 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Please urge ALL early career scientists to contact their senators and congressperson!! IT IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT, IT IS VITAL!
Scheduled to be in a study section tomorrow (virtual). Holding breath to see if it actually happens.
February 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Scheduled to be in a study section tomorrow (virtual). Holding breath to see if it actually happens.
I was able to speak to a live office person for Congressman McDowell (R dist 6, NC) to advocate for full NIH funding and no IDC cuts.
February 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I was able to speak to a live office person for Congressman McDowell (R dist 6, NC) to advocate for full NIH funding and no IDC cuts.